Local Author: Gita Varadarajan

Join us for a special reading of My Bindi by local author Gita Varadarajan!

In this universal story about embracing who we are and where we come from, a young girl finds the magic, power, and history of wearing a bindi for the first time.

Gita Varadarajan is the co-author of the best-selling Middle Grade novel Save Me a Seat. Her new picture book My Bindi, just came out in August 2022. Gita was born and raised in India and moved with her family to New Jersey in 2010. She has worked with children all over the world, earned her master’s degree in Literacy Education from Teachers College, Columbia University and has been teaching at Riverside Elementary School since 2014. Gita is passionate about using writing as a reflective tool, and spearheads reading and writing workshops in India. She lives with her husband in Plainsboro, NJ.

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